Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 08, 2012

omigod…

what will do with a drunken sailor, what will do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning…..well, I guess we put him to bed and sing him to sleep with some dirges……

On the anime Shin Chan there is a little girl who has a big bunny she beats up when she is angry or upset. In one show the bunny comes to life to seek revenge. She carries this big bunny every where but you never see it till she has it out. One time she complained she could not find the bunny so her mother said “Lie down I will go get the tongs.”

Hey dont blame me it is on Shin Chan.The Japanese have an entirely different sense of humor.

@Redc’monna’ my house, my house, my house, my house a c’mon….

too lazy to look up you tube, just hearing rosemary clooney in my head….

@BEV I can at least post a youtube link…I just thought I could post a pic too,,,,and I think I can, if I save the link, etc., but right now I dont care…lol…sorry but it a good night to you and all from here…zzzzzzzz

hellooo….. ??/Anybody still here?

Bri?Bev and Red and Linda were here when my bus went past the window…but I think they all just left…..sigh…

Oh that poor bunny!!How will he cleanse himself of HIS day’s frustrations?

Esssex?Veteran?

Did you guys go home too?

If there isn’t even anybody here to have a drink with, I guess it’s even less likely there’s anybody to help me go save that rabbit….There oughta be a SPCSA…(Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Stuffed Animals.)(They have rights TOO ya know….)I hate to see stuffed bunny abuse.

Dogsniff!

When you said you wanted me to swear you in at the Tiki I assumed it was your usual sweet sarcasm…but you have some people going….NOW we might have to DO it!:)

Do be careful not to absorb TOO much of whatever is going on here….unless you want to end up as crazy as the rest of us…ooops…. did I say that out loud?

Oh! Hi Red…You said you were going to go slay something or other or be slain…I’m glad you weren’t slain…

And I’m fine, thanks…. you?I just had the first day in ages that I went out into the world BEFORE I booted the computer….or at least it feels like the first day in ages.

And it was sunny, too! A welcome change.

Yeah, sorry I wasn’t here to help…. I do a lot of that too….But you did great!

Today and tomorrow is very confusing in Comicsland…I sometimes feel like I somehow get two days every day…

I come here almost every “morning” before I go to bed…

Lotta times you and I have a nightcap….when other people are about to arrive for breakfast….

Oh…. you’re not a SC native?Seem to be a ton of people on this site from Michigan.Florida, Texas and Michigan more than any other places.Or maybe they just mention it more.

Well… I knew what you meant cos I haven’t been to bed yet either, so your tomorrow is my tomorrow… Saturday….and yet it’s Saturday morning already on Ballard St…. sorta….

OK if I didn’t need a drink before THAT sentence I do now!

Thank you…. too bad you gotta go.And I know about the mitten and all….people even say they live in the thumb.

I went to high school in Wisconsin…. but that was looooong ago….

I know…. you’re three hours later than me….I don’t really want to keep you up.Cheers!And g’night….

Bad Dog!!

But actually…um… yeah, for a second there…I did.(blush)

Of course not Red…. LOL….

Luv the link!

Redkaycei Repoc said eight hours and several Glenfiddichs ago:I really wish we could enforce the Blinds regulations… I really don’t need to see Nancy beating herself with her bunny. I really don’t….>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I heartily concur. It is DEFINITELY not the way I want to start my morning ! But just imagine how poor old Bert feels, lying next to her ?

Patrick has made a valiant effort to save Matt from further harm…

the word on the street is that the bunnies are organizing. Perhaps someone should alert Nancy…

(I now have to go on a search and seizure mission up to the attic. Target: Christmas decorations. Please send the militia if I don’t return by nightfall….)

nononononononononono!!!oh, the HUMANITY!

@Stel, My house will be naked of decorations this year. All I use outside when I’m here are those big Christmas bulbs on plastic stakes, but in the front yard I have gravel and mostly cactus (some pretty red lantana around the fountain) and it has not rained enough to be able to use the old screwdriver with which to make holes for the stakes). The neighbors I know well will be aware of my schedule, so they don’t think I’m grinchy. I have to finish getting the peels dipped in chocolate before I visit them to tell them schedule because I want to take a sample with the recipe (and remind them they have my permission to pick what they want to eat).

I can’t say what I thought of the strip. As a depression era kid I did not have many toys, but had 2 dolls eventually and 2 stuffed animals (a fat panda and a floppy bunny). My mom made fancy evening dresses for the dolls from scraps of her dresses and I played that the panda (stiff in a sitting position) was the king and the bunny was the prince. The older of the dolls was the queen (I had messed up the composition of her face by trying to color her cheeks with pink nail polish but the acetone melted the material a little, so she looked like “Mama Elsa” (from the Miami housewives).

47 Zappa CDs….karaoke….Would Frank do that?

Would someone please post a picture of a turnip twaddler? I have no idea if I need one or not!

Bev: message left for you at RS

i dont want to risk putting a link up to my favorite Zappa song.“Mammarys and beer” might get me flagged.

On the other hand, some lyrics I’ve heard lately – especially the Carrington one about “helicopter” and other things he did to himself. Can’t believe his wife recommended Nair, but then I’m a lucky one who never had hair on arms or legs and have hardly any eyebrows without pencil.

I have been……Christmas Shopping….(wipes drool) crowded…..my left eye won’t stop twitching…….

Is it happy hour yet? I think I am in need of an hour to relax before my guest gets here for dinner…ah, hi there Fenton…good to see you…may I have a glass of Reisling please? Thank you, and have some yak ribs on me as your tip. No, I dont care for any thank you…I have a pot roast in the oven…yes, I will indeed bring you any leftovers.

for those missing winter

Bev…. I prefer the hand-operated version …fits in a drawer, isn’t too difficult to use, and I can easily control the the degree of twaddling.

Electric is good, though, if you’re doing more than a couple of pounds of turnips.

“I HATE my perm! I HATE my perm! I HATE my perm! I HATE my perm!”

Storm said, about 3 hours ago

I have been……Christmas Shopping….(wipes drool) crowded…..my left eye won’t stop twitching…….

*That’s why most of my shopping is done online at Christmas time!

You guys are CRAZY! (In a good way, of course!)

@pcolli, I LIKE that I have never had to shave my legs but I agree with you that men SHOULD have body hair. My man has lovely hair on his chest and legs that is soft to my touch -delightful!

@Bailey, I sympathize on perms – never had a good one as my hair has always been rather thin and delicate (heritage is 1/2 English and the rest is Irish, Scottish and Welsh). I never tan so I use umbrellas even for the sun to keep my skin white and I have to moisturize a lot. Last time I used a salon was about 40 years ago. I cut my own hair and only use bobby pins for curl and do my own mani-pedis too.

And I will NEVER miss snow after living most of my life in IL; I’m ONLY willing to go back there for HIM. I don’t even like when our news channels show it (and it is 3 hours away up in Flag if I wanted). The only time I went to snowbol to ride on the lifts was when my son from TX visited with his family and Ft Worth and Phoenix were both well over 100, so it was nice to spend the day at that higher elevation with around 70F.

Bev, I was thinking someone could teach me to do my hair in more modern ways (I DID use those heated rollers way back when amd results were semi good) but I have never learned the newer way to make my hair look really nice in a hurry if it gets wet (would be nice with my pool) or even after a busy night in bed (after I make breakfast of course).

I’m in the mood for a hefeweizen. And yak l’orange.

Niiiiiiiiice.

They’re out of yak? I guess I’ll have to go out back and slaughter another one. I’ll save the sweetbreads, just in case.

That’s hair a l’orange…

Now what am I doing here when I should be ….um… overleaf? -—→

Yeah yeah, I know…. just seeing whether anybody would bite.

Made ya look!

Bri… Yak haggis coming on Burn’s night… Jan 25th.

And Essex is out of yak… but I’m sure there’s plenty in the Tiki.Not sure there are any on the hoof…

Bev… you sure fall asleep fast!And whenever I show up!

He feels really bad about that yak, Essex.

He has posted so before…. he said it was his supply chain. His source now is MUCH better…I eat yak every day at the Tiki and I’m …. well, let’s not go by ME…

Anyhow, I’m sure he’d want to make it up to you…. and he IS the Sheriff…. maybe he can put i a good word for re-opening the Sausage Hut.

x_Tech posted a picture of it not long ago. It looked vacant, and the sign was still up.

We mite be outta yak til we defrost anuther case… butt!!!!Ah gots 27 feets of veggie weeners (that’s akshuly 54 of Em at 6 inchers each) awl ready ta be… um, well… I try’s boilin’em butt they false apart…. an if ah puts Em on a grill they catches on far like a linkin log (kina looks luke one)… Meybe if’n we rapps Em in baycon an rollsem on a skill it, we mite git lucky…. Oh my,,, SS wuder wee gonna dew with awl these veggie weeners????

Hey Ess…!!!! Fancy meatin ya hear…!!! Lyke auld tunes Mah frend…!!!! Dint seas ya behind the bar!!!

Ah rilly feels bad bout that bad yak meat… It wuz pretty bad wuznt it…!!!!! Haw… Had peepholes runnin to the johns fer a month!!!! Awlmost gots run outta town mahsef..!!!

See, Essex…. Told you he feels bad. Wish you’d stick around and fight for your reputation…I mean, after all…. the Monkey got elected Sheriff, even after that scandal.

Is Ballard Street a great place, or what?

Monkey…. 2 words….

Dance costumes!

Yeah yeah, that one’s bananas…. but we could improvise.

I bet they would taste better rolled in bacon though…

Bwaaahaaaha !!!!! An yew can never have tew many nanner leeves..!!!! Sum day I wanna hear awl bout yer travels Mah fren!!! I LOVE seein new playces ever since ah wuz in teh navy…!!!!

Then we could serve a veggie platter at the Tiki….vegetarian hot dogs rolled in bacon, sausage stuffed mushrooms…. stuffed bell peppers with my special hamburger and egg filling….and peas and carrots in chicken gravy.Lotta people would discover they like vegetarian food that way.

Ohmah gaaaaw……!!!!! Looookie them nanners!!!!! I’d just eat her them awl up..!!!!

Ahl giver sum baycon… Haw!!!

Nite Ess!!!!! Weel finger out this mess an letcher no layder wut were gonna dew wit dem veggie weeners!!!

Gud idear Ess… Kinda pooped mahsef…. Gonna crawl bak inta teh yurt… Well ketch yawl in teh mornin’….!!!Nite SS….!!! Nite Ess…!! Nite Bri..!!! ( save sum Heffer wiser fur me!!)

Monkey…um…I hate to tell you…that picture of Josephine Baker was taken in 1925…..

She’s a little older… I guess I mean deader…. now.

G’night Ess.

Bri — you gotta ask the Monkey…. she’s his yak.She might be involved in that special cross-breeding program he and Beviek wrre discussing….Remember those huge half-yak creatures?

Oh…. g’night Monkey.

I’m calling it a night. It’s 12:57 am MST. I usually wake up around 8:30 am.

Catch you tomorrow too then, Bri.If I were smart I’d go to bed myself.

00:01 here now…. by your system.Just missed posting 00:00…. rats.

Do you believe?

Essex, my commute takes about 2 minutes from my warm bed, to my warm kitchen, and from there with a cup of coffee to my computer desk in the den… 5 minutes tops, and I dont have to go out there!!

@ Storm I actually saw one woman’s head rotate 360 degrees in the Shoe department! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~roflmaooooooooooooooo

@BaileyThe perm will either grow out, or you can get it straightened but, I would just cut it off and let it grow…wigs are good things sometimes! and hats too…just saying…

… matter of fact, I have some Roaring 20s cloches (sp?) that are really cute, and in great shape. I think they might become good buddies, soon — since I’m getting shorter hair later today.-:ºJ

Talking about old photos, this is my HS yearbook (from 55) I’m returning to the other most current tomorrow. I think my weddig closeup is better than this, but this is HIS favorite photo of me (he likes to see himself at this age too. I prefer reality).

Dazz you were and are lovely

sorry I am not able to make it look as good as the small pic on your avatar…my techie skills are too new…lol…

That would be because I had to reduce number of pixels to comply with avatar rules. Do you know if I could post pictures from my FaceBook on here?

I finally just finished dipping every strip of orange peel in chocolate and scrubbed off the chocolate that got under my nails while dipping. I need to do a good manicure this week anyway. I am not packing any polish (carryon) so I’m waiting until shortly before. 10 days and counting ;-D

I did a double recipe at least (14 whole oranges with no help). I just saw your animated avatar – cute! My fav animated one is Picasso’s eye.

omg Red, you have sent me on an Al Stewart road to listening to one awesome artist…Thank you!

I am loving this…didnt we all come from Ellis Island at some point in our pasts?

2 in one

Here’s a couple of snaps I took today on the way by the Sausage Hut.

Maybe it wasn’t the Yak meat, might have been the Frozen Foo. Sorry Essex, looks like someone nabbed your signs (Sausage Hut & Essex’s Tannery).

That reminds me – I’m Dazzlebirdy over there and have a video of Cuddles talking (very short). I never got around to posting others.

I still have not heard plans for Dry’s birthday and was thinking. . .Personally I might gift her a small container of Astoglide (not my personal big one, of course) but assuming her name is any indication, just sayin’ , most of us will need it eventually and it makes ALL the difference!

@Essex, Now I see on Bev’s post where you grabbed your current avatar.

Essex, it looks like fingers on a goddess hand or the head feathers of a Cockatoo. I should have posted a link to that short video of Cuddles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gcNT3WVSQE&feature=plcp She was very aware of cameras when we were out in public and if I reminded her “look at the camera” she would really pose; she flirted with all the guys (actually only the handsome ones) – on this tape I was only aware of the “I have to practice” and “I want to talk” when I played it back.

@Essex- that is lovely! I will have to Google sometime especially as I return to illumination. WAY past my bedtime- going upstairs, goodnight!

@DAZZI tried posting the link, but it wouldnt work for me…but Cuddles is da bonb!

having shoveled a path to the bus stop, I head for the Tiki and pray that there are yak ribs….I just dont find Reindeer Meat (fully cooked) to my liking…Fenton, if you will, you gorgeous hunk of Boxer, a ’nanner dacquiri and a couple of yak ribs…and a couple for you too, my absolutely awesome hunk of Boxer gorgeousness….ah, Fenton, I have missed you…

15.2 inches of snow…who’d a thunk it?…sigh….

bite me Essex…

Fenton. what time do you get off? Oh, yeah? Ok, then you get off at midnight my time…what time do you want to get off?..lol…sorry, my regal friend, I really could not resist…Fenton, you are a jewel…a real mensh, ya know…aw, Fenton, me buddy, me pal…I luvs ya Fenton…you’s da bomb my sweet bro…bend your head down sweetie, I feel a need to scritch those ears….aw, Fenton, you’se da sweetest Boxer ever….you have my heart Fenton….I am verklempt now, talk amongst yourselves….here a topic….hannakuh, vs christmas…oh Fenton, you know I am ticklish there…stop it Fenton…do I have to call the Sherrif?…Monkey, I need you..NOT!!!….lol…

Happy Birthday Dry

Dry

Poor Buster Bunny looks to be paying the price for Nancy’s angst. But probably better Buster than Barney there next to her.

Four howling Bassets and a Christmas tree – what could possibly go wrong?

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Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.